~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?FReeper Canteen 1-11-07

[fatima]

~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?

At Last My Love Has Come Along Dedicated to To My Dear Husband, Peter by Anonymous My husband is currently serving in Iraq, and I dedicate our love story to all the soldiers whose love crosses the world this Valentine's Day. At the end of my first date with a man named Peter, I heard a perfect stranger telling him "he had better marry that girl".

The story goes like this.... I was asked out on during summer break by a man with whom I attended college. I was a nervous woman, but we had a fabulous time together in downtown Houston, Texas. Our night ranged from a Chinese restaurant for dinner, to St. Petes Dancing Marlin for strawberry cheesecake, until we arrived at a jazz cafe named the Red Cat Lounge. Peter had been a perfect gentleman all night, and I let him know I was ready to leave the jazz cafe as the night wore on. He kept stalling and saying that we would leave soon. After our agreed upon thirty minutes, I stood up and told Peter "Let's go". Well, that's when the lead singer of the band looked at me and said "You can't leave yet". At that moment, the lead singer looked at me and said "This is for the woman with the beautiful green eyes" and began playing the song "At Last" by Etta James.

Peter knew that was my favorite song and had apparently secretly requested it be played for me. He had never heard the song before, and did not even know it was a love song until he heard the chorus that night. "At Last My Love Has Come Along, My Lonely Days Are Over, and Life is Like a Song" is the chorus, and little did we both know that night the song actually had come true in the beginning of our love relationship. At the end of the song, the lead singer turned to Peter and said "you better marry that girl".

How pleased would that perfect stranger be to know that "At Last" was the first song that Peter and I danced to as a newlywed couple exactly two years later on May 29, 2005. Since we have married, Peter and I have longed to visit Hawaii to celebrate our love and our marriage. The thought of lying on the beach at night, sipping margaritas while lying in a hammock, while feeling the ocean breeze on our faces is a dream. To walk along the beach at night, explore the lushness and the vegetation, and to experience the mystery of the island would be a priceless experience.

I am planning on surprising my husband with a trip to Hawaii when he returns from his tour in Iraq. After being apart, I can't even envision the joy it would bring to be together in a fantasy land "at last".

I used to work as a probation officer in western Washington State. I had one difficult parolee who kept reoffending. I was forever convincing him to go to the eastern side of the state—out of my jurisdiction. Once there, he'd reoffend and another parole officer would get him to move back west! Finally, this other officer and I decided to meet to discuss the problem. "This other officer" is now my wife. We didn't invite the probationer to the wedding. —Bill O'Connor, Anchorage, Alaska

Late one night I heard someone banging around in the hallway outside my apartment door. It was so loud, I finally got up to investigate. When I opened my door, a man fell into my kitchen—passed-out drunk. I tried to shove him back into the hall, but he was too heavy. Instead, I left him on the floor, went to my bedroom, pushed the dresser in front of my door, and went back to sleep. Not long after, I married the lug.

[JockoManning]

I have heard tell that two good places to go for online dating are:

http://www.conservativematch.com/

and

http://www.bigchurch.com/

[luvie]

What a beautiful story. *sigh*

[fatima]

God Bless our Tony.

[luvie]

Yes, I miss him every single morning when we used to have a live thread with him. *sigh*

[Kathy in Alaska]

.....and

David (Luv W)
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
William (jackv)
Future Snake Eater (RightOnline)
Kevin (skimask)

[fatima]

Heck she did more than that-she deck him.

[fatima]

I know kathy.

[fatima]

And:)Thanks proudpapa.

[fatima]

Night Ms.B.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending you to bed with prayers of peace for Poppa, Robert, and you.
Thanks for helping honor our troops.

[fatima]

Thanks JockoManning,winner on this thread is match.com.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*Hug*
Thank you, Ma..
They are welcomed and needed..
Goodnight..
Ms.B

[fatima]

He know he is still in our hearts and prayers.

[Radix]

Tony Snow don't FReep anymore (for the time being anyhow) but he is and has been one of the very best journalists that I have been aware of in my lifetime.

Funny, the fact that he is working for the current Administration is actually good enough evidence for me that our current President is indeed a very special person, and that we are fortunate to have him in office.

[luvie]

This music is posted for the express pleasure of the troops deployed.
God bless them and keep them safe from harm as they protect us.

GOD BLESS THIS CANTEEN!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Dave Koz~Lullaby for a Rainy Night
*YAWN*

GOOD NIGHT DEAR FRIENDS...LOVE YA! (((HUGS)))

[Radix]

Post to self.

Fix your stupid Tag Line.

Noted.

[Tamar1973]

Your Anakin picture of the day. : )

In honor of today's topic about how you met the love of your life.

[luvie]

Amen on both accounts, Radix!

Tony is the best thing that ever happened to this administration, and GW knows it.

I think it has even made him stronger having someone like Tony representing him!

[fatima]

I say that too and also we are like minded.he picked a FRiend to be there and I am with our President 100 percent.I really mean that Radix.

[luvie]

Dp

:D